entire school environment, which is a local decision but also the architecture of the schools, the technology, the layers of security, all of these things go into making it a more secure environment. that's our objection. >> are you talking about some new federal bureaucracy with the government putting armed people inside the schools? because we just heard from the nra saying the cost of background checks would be prohibitive. we're talking billions to put armed guards in school? >> absolutely not. the federal government would mess it up if they tried to do that. we're talking about issues that are local control. right now, school districts are utilizing school resource officers, armed guards out of their own budget. they're in about one third of the schools. president clinton initiated that effort, but the local school districts had to pick it up. in fact, i think the federal government should not be funding it. i think it's a local responsibility and effort. what we want to do is provide free of charge some solutions for them. assessment tools that they can go in and better assess the secur